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Mechanical solar salt harvesting worldwide


Vladimir M. Sedivy
MSc (Hons) Chem Eng, IMD President Salt Partners Ltd, Zurich, Switzerland

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Basic types of salt harvesting methods


Manual harvest by hand and manual transport
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Manual harvest with tools and manual transport Manual harvest with tools and mechanised transport Mechanised harvest with machinery and mechanised transport

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Locations covered in this presentation

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Mexico Portugal Bulgaria Greece Namibia India China Australia


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Salt harvesting by bare hand

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In Ghana, the most primitive salt harvesting method, by bare hand, is being practised today
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Manual harvest and mechanised transport

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In Bulgaria, the transport of the harvested salt has been mechanised but the harvesting itself is still by hand. Two belt conveyors bring the salt to a slurrying vessel mounted on a tractor.
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Hydraulic transport of salt slurry

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Hydraulic transport lines. One pipe carries the slurry, the other line brings the transport brine back to the slurrying vessel on the tractor. Men push the lines mounted on wide wheels.
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Salt washing plant on wheels

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Salt slurry is discharged to the middle of the salt washing cone. The overflowing transport brine is pumped back to the harvesting unit.
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Basic types of mechanical salt harvesters


Tractor driven or self propelled
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On wheels or on Caterpillar trails Driving on salt bed or on crystalliser floor Cutting salt bed upwards or downwards Discharging onto belt conveyors or into trailers

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Harvesting system in Yucatan, Mexico
Tractor pulled harvester on double wheels drives with one side on the salt with the other side on the crystalliser bottom. The harvester lifts the salt to a truck pulled trailer, driving with double wheels on the salt.
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Harvesting system in Yucatan, Mexico

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The salt layer is first ripped, then ploughed in a row. Salt floor is maintained on the crystalliser bottom. Cost of multiple operations is weighed against the cost of equipment.
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Washing plant feeding system in Yucatan

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Salt is discharged from the trailers automatically, directly into the feeding hopper of the washing plant.
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Harvesting system in Kalloni, Greece
Kalloni saltworks operate a harvesting system consisting of a harvesting machine driving on the salt bed, cutting the salt on the side and lifting the salt onto belt conveyors has been in operation since many years. Harvester on Caterpillar trails drives on the salt and cuts is alongside.
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Kalloni salt harvesting system

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The Kalloni harvester operation is controlled by a man walking alongside the machine. He adjusts the position of the cutting edge by a hand held controller. Watch the salt layer being lifted from the mud floor by the cutting edge. Salt is cut downwards, thrown upwards and lifted by a rubber belt to the belt conveyors.
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Kalloni salt transport system

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Belt conveyors bring the salt to a bin on wheels driving on a causeway. Lorries brine the salt to the washing plant.
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Messolonghi (Greece) harvesting system

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At Messolonghi, the harvester cuts the salt in front and drives on the crystalliser mud bed. It lifts the salt to a system of engine driven belt conveyors.
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Messolonghi (Greece) harvesting system

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The cutting level is controlled mechanically by a plate sliding on the salt layer surface. The salt is broken upwards and lifted to a belt conveyor.
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Walvis Bay (Namibia) harvesting system
Walvis Bay salt harvesting system was supplied by ROV Durrant Engineering Pvt. Ltd., South Africa. Harvester moves on Caterpillar trucks both on the salt and on the crystalliser floor. Salt is loaded directly to the trailers.
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Walvis Bay harvester

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Salt is cut by a rotating drum upwards and discharged to a chain elevator located behind.

Cutting elevation is controlled by laser.


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Salt transport at Walvis Bay

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Wide wheel tracks with two trailers bring the salt from the harvester to the washing plant. Salt is discharged from the trailers automatically.
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Not always are salt harvesters successful

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Example of a wrongly designed salt harvester that landed on the scrap yard.
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Conclusions
There are many salt harvesting systems in operation
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Which system is the best for you, depends on many factors Do-it-yourself development end up as a failure

Properly designed systems give decades of good service


Salt Partners experience is at your disposal

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Why not turn your salt into gold?


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